Latin America and the Caribbean

Effect of diets formulated with native Peruvian plants on growth and feeding efficiency of red pacu (Piaractus brachypomus) juveniles

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  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): M.E. Palacios; K. Dabrowski; M.A.G. Abiado; K-J. Lee; C.C. Kohler
  • Type of Document: Not Available

Classification of shellfish growing waters and oyster depuration in Boca de Camichin, Nayarit, Mexico

Coming soon

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): Guillermo Rodriguez Dominguez; Eladio Gaxiola; Maria del Carmen Velazquez Cuadras; Maria C. Haws; John Supan
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

A scoping assessment of current work on payments for ecosystem services in Asia, Latin America and East & Southern Africa

Payments for ecosystem services (PES) offer a new approach to securing revenue streams for the maintenance, conservation, and restoration of ecological structures and functions globally. Yet, […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): S. Waage; S. Scherr; M. Jenkins; M. Inbar
  • Type of Document: Research Report

Adaptacion al cambio en los Andes

Summary: An overview of the General SANREM CRSP program and the specific ‘Adapting to Change in the Andes’ project, as well as presentation of partners, stakeholders, […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): Valdivia, C. and J.L. Gilles
  • Type of Document: Media

Adaptacion de practicas y estrategias al cambio de clima y mercado en agroecosistemas vulnerables del altiplano

A presentation of the SANREM CRSP project to the stakeholders in Peru.

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): D. Turin; P. Condor
  • Type of Document: Media

Adapting to change in the Andean Highlands: Practices and strategies to address climate and market risks in vulnerable agro-ecosystems

Adapting to change objectives and approaches are presented along with the capitals and vulnerability framework. The presentation Outlines activities in the Andes, as well as shows […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): C. Valdivia
  • Type of Document: Media

An economic analysis of smallholder coffee production in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Vietnam

Abstract: Coffee is one of the most important export commodities in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Vietnam. Unfortunately, a recent decline in the price of coffee due […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): M. Salazar
  • Type of Document: Thesis or Dissertation

Analisis de vulnerabilidad a la inseguridad alimentaria nutricional

Summary: An analysis of the nutritional food insecurity vulnerability in Bolivia using cartography. Indicators, methodology and outcomes are shown, and explained in detail.

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): C. Barragan
  • Type of Document: Media

Trees and trade-offs: Perceptions of eucalyptus and native trees in Ecuadorian highland communities

This eighth chapter examines historic and current processes for forest management in the Ecuadorian highlands. In Cotacachi, eucalyptus plantations have become increasingly important as an alternative […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): A.D. Carse
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Why is the earth tired? A comparative analysis of agricultural change and intervention in Northern Ecuador

Chapter 17 provides a historical agro-ecology analysis that aims to better understand local perceptions of declining agricultural production and attempts to uncover potential causes of this […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): B.C. Campbell
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article